Author Reading: Linda Pineo

History told by those who lived it

Berwick author records oral history of Kings County

Berwick author Linda Pineo will be visiting the Kings County Museum on July 6, from 2 pm until 4 pm and sharing stories from her latest collection of local stories, Digging Up Roots. 

For more than 20 years, Pineo has been gathering the oral history of the Annapolis Valley. She talks to local people about their lives and records their stories in their own words.

Like Pineo’s previous two books, this new collection of Kings County stories are told by the people who lived the experience. Stories include personal accounts of the Kentville Sanatorium, and tales about the North Mountain Railroad.

Her previous books, Caught In Time and Saving Lives, cover a number of Kings County stories, including the birth of the Western Kings Memorial Hospital, a wartime shipwreck off Long Island, and a varied assortment from the lives of the farming community, including rural farm vacations.

To attend Linda’s July 6 book talk at the Kings County Museum, or receive a zoom link, email info@kingscountymuseum.ca, or call 902-678-6237.

The Kings County Museum will be following COVID-19 protocols at all events.

Please do not attend if you say yes to any of the following;
1. You are feeling unwell, or have symptoms of COVID-19
2. You have been in contact with someone who is a probable case of COVID-19 or is feeling unwell.
3. You have travelled outside the province of Nova Scotia in the past 14 days.

All those who attend will be required to social distance and to wear masks.